Cenk Uygur
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Is Frozen’s Elsa Disney’s First Lesbian Princess?
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May 14, 2016
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9:52Now PlayingThere are calls for Disney to make Elsa from Frozen a lesbian. Conservatives are fighting it, but proponents believe it would send a great message of acceptance to kids. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Katie Halper, and Jimmy Dore, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Surprise, surprise: The religious right is not into the idea of Disney’s Queen Elsa getting a girlfriend in the sequel to the billion-dollar-grossing “Frozen.”
Last month, Twitter user Alexis Isabel created the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend in the hopes of getting Disney to write a same-sex relationship for the Ice Queen into “Frozen 2.”
Fans loved the idea and not only shared the hashtag to get it trending, but also shared illustrations imagining what a romance might look like for the independent and empowered Elsa, whose story has already been viewed as a metaphor for coming out.”
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